Evidence for non-genomic transmission of ecological information via maternal behavior in female rats

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-29

  McLeod, J ^a   Sinal, C J ^b   Perrot Sinal, T S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arched back nursing; Estrogen receptor; Medial preoptic area; Predator; Pup licking grooming; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCH BACK; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GROOMING; HYPOTHESIS; LABOR INDUCTION; LACTATION; LICKING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MARE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; NURSING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REARING;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SMELL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846128770     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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